Latest Catch Pics Thread

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2 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

@gimruis @ol'crickety would you ask a bird to change his plumage? Would you try to remove the spots from a leopard? Maize and Blue until I die. 

[Swamp Girl]

I took a kid fishing this morning. We never established a pattern, but caught 24, one here and one there. All smallish except for one fat smallmouth. The best part of the fishing wasn't the fishing. To stretch our legs, we walked a logging road and found another pond.

[Pat Brown]

 

Got this nice one on the Hybrid Hunter and lost an 8 + lber on the way to the boat on it.  It was the biggest fish I've ever hooked on the bait/a shallow diving crankbait.  The fish came to the surface and jumped a couple times and then turned into a beaver like lump of dead weight on the surface.  I tried to move the boat and reel and she came back to life and dove into something and my line went slack.  Sliced clean off above the knot.

 

Lost a 6 lber at the boat on the jig.  Had two spectacular takes on the buzzbait where I pulled and the bait came whizzing back to me.

 

Just wasn't my day....or it was.....and I blew it ????????

[Swamp Girl]

13 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

 

Just wasn't my day.

 

The hardest thing about being a fisher is losing big fish. Not only can I recall every big fish that I lost this year, I could take you to the very spot, describe the weather at that moment, where I cast, and what I cast. Lost big fish don't merely sting. They leave a permanent mark.

 

So, when a FINE fisher like Pat Brown shares that he loses a fish, my losses feel a little more normal and that they don't make me a loser. 

[Blue Raider Bob]

15 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I took a kid fishing this morning. We never established a pattern, but caught 24, one here and one there. All smallish except for one fat smallmouth. The best part of the fishing wasn't the fishing. To stretch our legs, we walked a logging road and found another pond.

Finding a new pond must have been a thrill. Nothing like the excitement of fishing new waters. Glad you got to take a kid fishing. That is something they will never forget.

[Swamp Girl]

5 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Finding a new pond must have been a thrill.

 

The boy sure was thrilled. I knew it was nearby from Google Earth, but logging roads are a warren, as they criss-cross each other. I was pleased I guessed correctly at the intersections and the boy was thrilled to cast into new water. He had four hits, but the rough terrain kept him from fishing beyond a small pool. 

[galyonj]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

The hardest thing about being a fisher is losing big fish.

 

With apologies to Tennyson…

 

'Tis better to have been bitten and lost

Than never to have been bitten at all.

[Pat Brown]

15 minutes ago, galyonj said:

 

With apologies to Tennyson…

 

'Tis better to have been bitten and lost

Than never to have been bitten at all.

 

 

I'd happily debate Alfred on this one any day ????

[TnRiver46]

Dinks, dinner, and a sunset show 

[Skunkmaster-k]

What brand and model is the reel on your mojo bass?

@TnRiver46

[TnRiver46]

9 minutes ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

What brand and model is the reel on your mojo bass?

@TnRiver46

Shimano something or other, it was a gift from a buddy. Remember I’m not much of a gear guy haha, I just fry the fish 

[Swamp Girl]

If I were the Tackle Warehouse website guy, I'd substitute the names of all their Shimano reels with "Shimano Something or Other." Yeah, I'd be an unemployed hoot. 

 

Love your sunset pics, @TnRiver46. They make me pine to be there. 

 

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

 

 

I'd happily debate Alfred on this one any day ????

 

Funny! However, Ol' Al is right. 

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, ol'crickety said:

If I were the Tackle Warehouse website guy, I'd substitute the names of all their Shimano reels with "Shimano Something or Other." Yeah, I'd be an unemployed hoot. 

 

Love your sunset pics, @TnRiver46. They make me pine to be there. 

In that case I’ll hit you with another picture from about a half hour before the sunset turned red 

[Swamp Girl]

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

In that case I’ll hit you with another picture from about a half hour before the sunset turned red 

 

You are a rich man. Of course, rich =/= $$$

[A-Jay]

Started my morning off right ~

#topwatertank

A-Jay

[thediscochef]

Four dinks on the red eye again this morning. Ready for a pattern change. It was HOT by 8am 

[VolsnFishin]

I caught a couple this morning before I had to go look at a job. Got them on a Texas rig. 

[T-Billy]

6 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Started my morning off right ~

#topwatertank

A-Jay

Nice fish A-jay!!! Congrats!!!

 I did the exact opposite!!! LOL. First I got my newly built mag blade chatterbait bit off, along with my 8" wire leader, then I lost a mid 30's that hit my .22 Short on the 8. It came off while I was trying to wrangle the net. That was my morning, had to bail early and go see the optometrist for some new specs.  

 The good news is that big chatterbait got SMOKED from behind, knocking several feet of slack in my line. I think it's gonna be a winner. I had a 4.8 Keitech Fat with the paddle cut off on it for a trailer. It's not big enough. I just ordered a 6" Do-It ripper mold. I'm a big fan of the 3.5 Ripper on my bass chatterbaits. Hopefully the 6 works as well on the muskie baits. It should be a winner on the center wire of my A-Rigs this fall for sure.

 Now that I know that big blade will work, I'm off to the garage to build some more. 

[Swamp Girl]

9 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

Nice fish A-jay!!! Congrats!!!

 I did the exact opposite!!! LOL. First I got my newly built mag blade chatterbait bit off, along with my 8" wire leader, then I lost a mid 30's that hit my .22 Short on the 8. It came off while I was trying to wrangle the net. That was my morning, had to bail early and go see the optometrist for some new specs.  

 The good news is that big chatterbait got SMOKED from behind, knocking several feet of slack in my line. I think it's gonna be a winner. I had a 4.8 Keitech Fat with the paddle cut off on it for a trailer. It's not big enough. I just ordered a 6" Do-It ripper mold. I'm a big fan of the 3.5 Ripper on my bass chatterbaits. Hopefully the 6 works as well on the muskie baits. It should be a winner on the center wire of my A-Rigs this fall for sure.

 Now that I know that big blade will work, I'm off to the garage to build some more. 

 

Lure Maker and Musky Slayer!*

 

*Speaking figuratively about slaying, of course. 

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6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Dinks, dinner, and a sunset show 

 

[PhishLI]

Slipped in a quick midnight sesh last night in between rainstorms. Wind was blasting in from the southwest, so it was impossible to see where the bait was staged. Cranked up my brakes, tried to find some eating over high grass, and nabbed two on the Livingston Bullnose wake before sideways rain blew me outta there at 1:30. On my way out I spotted two huge topwater killshots right where I was just working across the cove and almost turned back but my wife would kill me if I got electrocuted, so I had to bounce. The better fish fought like a champ for every inch, so it's all good after missing most of August.

 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, PhishLI said:

my wife would kill me if I got electrocuted, so I had to bounce.

 

Irony: She'd resuscitate you with electricity after you were killed by electricity to kill you again.*

 

I love seeing your brass bass, as they all look like they're brass to me in the LI night light. 

 

 

 

*My head hurts after writing that sentence. 

[NorcalBassin]

First cast of the day... jinx... it's a crappie.

 

First ever cast with a Karashi... jinx. Let the dinkfest begin. ?

 

Pops with a giant.

 

After all the dinks this smallie made me feel like I hooked into Walter from the golden pond.

 

Ended the day with 40 between 5-15" with a mode of 8-9" ?

[Swamp Girl]

9 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

 

After all the dinks this smallie made me feel like I hooked into Walter from the golden pond.

 

What a funny ^line!^

 

Here's how I feel about Pop, who's always smiling:

 

 

 

[Woody B]

I went this morning fairly early.  At first I was getting short hits on a bladed jig.  I took the trailer off(Manns classic spinnerbait trailer) and put a #6 treble on it for a trailer hook to see what was nibbling.  I caught a smallish crappie the next cast.  (Picture in other species thread after I post it).  I took the trailer hook off and went with a armor shad trailer hoping to keep the smaller fish from nipping.  I ended up catching 7 bass, 3 largemouth and 4 spots between 6am and 7am.  Pictured are the first and last.  None were big.   6 were on the bladed jig, one was on a texas rig.  I bragged on myself a while back for landing most of the fish I hook, so I lost two that were probably 4 poundish.....or the same fish twice.   First loss was on a devils horse.   I have a problem at times setting the hook too soon with topwater bites.   I saw this one coming on live sonar.  I tried to wait until I felt it but think I was early and barely had it in the edge of the mouth.  First jump and it was gone.  I followed up with a wacky rig to the same spot.  The fish grabbed it and ran right toward the boat.   I lost it on the second jump.  I don't think I got caught up enough for a good hookset.   That was around 7:15, and my last Bass action.   A little after 9 I caught a 41 1/2 inch long 37.03 pound Flathead Catfish.  (Picture in the other species thread).